Tag Archives: Apulia

2013 Summer Holidays – Intro

Posted on 01/03/2014 by Ole Udsen

To my neverending delight, I had managed to persuade the family that we should be going to Southern Italian wine country for our three weeks of summer holidays in 2013. Not that they mind going to Italy – why would … Continue reading →

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The End of the World and the Day After – Apulian beer

Posted on 23/06/2013 by Ole Udsen

I know, I am going out on a limb somewhat here. This is, after all, a wine blog. But I just had to write a piece on this. It is like this: My good friends Manila Benedetto and Giuseppe Barretta, … Continue reading →

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Gianfranco Fino does it again!

Posted on 17/12/2012 by Ole Udsen

Many of you will know that last year Gianfranco Fino accomplished the unthinkable. His Primitivo di Manduria Es 2009 was ranked joint number 1 – with Sassicaia 2009 – in Italy in a survey of all 2012 Italian wine guides … Continue reading →

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Interviewed – James the Wine Guy

Posted on 31/10/2012 by Ole Udsen

It has been too long since I last posted on this blog, and you are going to have to wait a bit yet. I fell with my bicycle last week and suffered a concussion. I don’t yet feel fully up … Continue reading →

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Radici del Sud 2012 – Tasting Notes – Pietraventosa

Posted on 04/10/2012 by Ole Udsen

As stated previously, the Gioia del Colle zone of Apulia is enjoying a strong revival with its primitivo wines, which up until fairly recently had taken a decidedly second-rank position relative to the primitivos from the Manduria zone. Compared to … Continue reading →

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Best Italian Wine Awards

Posted on 25/09/2012 by Ole Udsen

Go check out this site: http://www.biwawards.it/site/ This is a new competition to annually decide which currently available wines are Italy’s 50 best. That must be an incredibly difficult task, and perhaps in reality may not make too much sense vis-à-vis … Continue reading →

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Sentimental Fool

Posted on 18/09/2012 by Ole Udsen

I have a confession to make: I am a sentimental fool. I mostly think of myself as a very unromantic, straightforward, no-bullshit person, with few illusions about myself or the world. But this is quite likely a total illusion, for … Continue reading →

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Salentine Sanity – the Wines of Alessandro Carrozzo

Posted on 16/09/2012 by Ole Udsen

The house of Cantina Vitivinicola Carrozzo Alessandro was not known to me until Marina Alaimo published the following beautiful account on the Luciano Pignataro web site: http://www.lucianopignataro.it/a/alessandro-carrozzo-lanima-piu-autentica-dei-vini-salentini/46828/ The description by Marina was so fascinating that I had to try and get … Continue reading →

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Primitivo – Manduria and Gioia – Post

Posted on 16/09/2012 by Ole Udsen

Go find a lovely post here on Mimmo Gagliardi’s visit to two of my favourite primitivo producers, Gianfranco Fino and Pietraventosa (on Luciano Pignataro’s wonderful site, a teasure trove of information about the enogastronomic heritage of southern Italy): http://www.lucianopignataro.it/a/un-viaggio-di-ritorno-tra-il-primitivo-di-manduria-e-quello-di-gioia-del-colle/48353

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Jo by Gianfranco Fino – Article by Daniele Cernilli

Posted on 14/09/2012 by Ole Udsen

Just wanted to notify you all about this lovely little article by Doctor Wine himself, Daniele Cernilli, about Gianfranco Fino’s pure negroamaro, Jo: http://www.doctorwine.it/det_articolo.php?id_articolo=413 About 3000 bottles are made each year, so this is in extremely short supply. I have … Continue reading →

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